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Descriptions of pupae of five Pimeliinae species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Alxa Plateau, China
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- 1. School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
- 2. School of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China.
- 3. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China.
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Shen, Guang-Hui, Zhang, Jian-Ying, Yu, You-Zhi, Ren, Guo-Dong, Jia, Long (2026): Descriptions of pupae of five Pimeliinae species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Alxa Plateau, China. Zootaxa 5785 (1): 152-163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.1.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.1.6
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